Stuffing Box Hose Advice

[Scott Ritchey]

The hose on my prop shaft stuffing box looks in need of replacement. The boat is a CD27, 1980 vintage, but I don't know if/when the hose was last changed.

My question is what type of hose should I use? This is obviously a critical application. Is heavy-duty exhaust-type hose OK or is there some special hose needed here?



RitcheyVS@aol.com

[Tom]

The hose on my prop shaft stuffing box looks in need of replacement. The boat is a CD27, 1980 vintage, but I don't know if/when the hose was last changed.

My question is what type of hose should I use? This is obviously a critical application. Is heavy-duty exhaust-type hose OK or is there some special hose needed here?

To do it really right you have to get the special stuffing box hose which as I recall is 12 or 16 ply. The catch is this stuff is nigh on to impossible to find these days. Boats/West/Defender don't carry it or at least didn't the last time I looked which was about 7 years ago. I got mine through Doc Freeman in Seattle who caters to the commercial trade that fishes Alaska. It costs about the same as the type that is readily available. One thing you don't want to do is use the wire wound type. The wire can rust out and leave you with a weakened hose. I think most yards use the heaviest gauge exhaust type hose they can get which I believe is what the Cape Dorys came with. JMHO. Good luck.



TomCambria@mindspring.com

[Jerry J Commisso]

Spartan Marine sells that type of hose check the WHERE TO LOOK section on this site.

The hose on my prop shaft stuffing box looks in need of replacement. The boat is a CD27, 1980 vintage, but I don't know if/when the hose was last changed.

My question is what type of hose should I use? This is obviously a critical application. Is heavy-duty exhaust-type hose OK or is there some special hose needed here?

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[Duncan Maio]

The hose on my prop shaft stuffing box looks in need of replacement. The boat is a CD27, 1980 vintage, but I don't know if/when the hose was last changed.

My question is what type of hose should I use? This is obviously a critical application. Is heavy-duty exhaust-type hose OK or is there some special hose needed here?

I am in the same position, and have had no luck finding suitable hose (the 1977 CD27 manual specs 1 1/2" ID hose. My research suggests that 4- or 5-ply EPDM rubber hose, without wire reinforcement, is the stuff to get. Exhaust hose is generally available down to 2", but not smaller. Spartan sells 4.5" for $12.00 plus shipping ($13 for the 1 3/4" hose). This seems a little pricey, and, as I recall, the existing hose is longer than 4.5".

I intend to get to the boat within the next two weeks and measure the diameter, and then the quest is on. If I can get it by the foot, is anybody interested in a piece?

-Duncan Maio
s/v Remedy
CD27 #37



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